July 15 – 21, 2012
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Special Features
- 3 Nights Bird-In-Hand, Lancaster, PA
- Dinner in Amish Home
- Guided Tour of Amish Country
- Optional Buggy Ride through Amish Farmland
- Dutch Apple Dinner Theatere
- Jacob’s Choice at Plain and Fancy Farm
- National Christmas Center
- Lunch Buffet at Eden Resort
- “Noah” at Sight & Sound Millennium Theatre
- Tour Gettysburg Battlefield with lunch
- Tour Dwight D. Eisenhower National Historic Site
The clip-clop of the horses’ hooves as they pull the family buggy, the smell of fresh baked bread, the wash hanging on the line, the pristine countryside, the stillness as the farmer tills his land by horse and plow, the laughter of children as they play in the yards of the one room school houses – This is Lancaster County – This is the Pennsylvania Dutch Country!
Prices
Double: $1,185/pp
Single: $1,475/pp
Triple: $1,085/pp
Trip Protection Gold $105/pp
$100/pp if booked by April 30, 2012
Day 1,Sunday, July 15, 2012
We depart Springfield, MO and travel to Dayton, OH. Unless we have a delay, we should be there in time for their complimentary drinks and hot hors’ devours buffet.
LODGING: Drury Inn and Suites
Day 2, Monday, July 16, 2012
Today we arrive in Bird-in Hand, PA. Dinner is included tonight in an Amish home as they open their doors and feed us as if we were family.
LODGING: Bird-in-Hand Inn
MEALS: Breakfast Dinner
Day 3, Tuesday, July 17, 2012
A guide will meet us this morning and take us on a narrated tour of the Amish/Mennonite Countryside. We will learn much about their customs and interesting anecdotes from their lives. Next we arrive at the Kitchen Kettle for lunch on our own and free time for shopping and optional buggy rides. In the late afternoon we will have free time to explore Bird-In- Hand Village. This evening we’ll have dinner and a show at the Dutch Apple Dinner Theater.
LODGING: Bird-in-Hand Inn
MEALS: Breakfast Dinner
Day 4, Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Today we arrive at the Plain and Fancy Farm to see a showing of Jacob’s Choice. Next we tour the National Christmas Center before departing for our buffet lunch at Eden’s Resort. After lunch we arrive for an afternoon production of “Jonah” at the Sight & Sound Theatre.
LODGING: Bird-in-Hand Inn
MEALS: Breakfast Lunch
Day 5, Thursday, July 19, 2012
We depart this beautiful land and friendly people of Lancaster County and head for Gettysburg Battlefield where our guide takes us on a special tour of this most awesome battlefield. We will have lunch and free time at the Visitor’s Center before we tour the Eisenhower National Historic Site and visit the only home ever owned by Dwight Eisenhower and his wife, Mamie.
LODGING: Comfort Inn
MEALS: Breakfast Lunch
Day 6, Friday, July 20, 2012
Today we head to Terre Haute, IN for our overnight. Unless we are delayed, we should arrive in time for complimentary drinks and hot hors’ devours buffet at our hotel.
LODGING: Drury Inn
MEALS: Breakfast
Day 7, Saturday, July 21, 2012
Today we return home with fond memories of the Amish experiences.
MEALS: Breakfast